Enhancement of photocurrents due to the oxidation of water and organic compounds at BiZn2VO6 particulate thin film electrodes by treatment with a TiCl4 solution

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 55, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 4130-4136

  Liu, Haimei ^a,b   Imanishi, Akihito ^b   Yang, Wensheng ^a   Nakato, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Particulate thin film; Photocatalyst; Photocurrents; Photooxidation; TiCl4 treatment

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE; PARTICULATE THIN FILM; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; PRE-TREATMENT; SEM; THIN FILM PHOTOCATALYST; THIN-FILM ELECTRODE; TIO; TRIMETHYL AMINE; WATER OXIDATION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; METHANOL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOOXIDATION; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 77950052423     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2010.02.083     Document Type: Article

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